What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Nursing position at Denver Springs?
Overview
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary/Hourly: $100,000 - $150,000/year
Denver Springs Summary of Benefits
Denver Springs is a 96-bed behavioral hospital located near Denver, CO. The hospital offers inpatient and outpatient mental health and addiction treatment to adults, adolescents and their families. At Denver Springs we are dedicated to Changing People’s Lives®.
The Director of Nursing is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the delivery of quality general and psychiatric nursing care consistent with the facility’s goals and objectives. Duties include staffing, training and development, revision of nursing policies and procedures, standards of performance, and communication regarding nursing issues to medical staff, department director’s and administration.
Members of our team Enjoy:
- Working with a highly engaged staff
- Healthy staffing levels
- Flexible scheduling
- Career growth
- Competitive compensation
UKG Wallet – We’ve partnered with UKG Wallet, a voluntary Earned Wage Access benefit, to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule.
Position Details
- Support the organization, program and unit philosophy of care
- Supervise nursing management team
- Liaison between physicians, patients, referral sources and employees
- Prepare monthly reports
Qualifications
Must possess a postgraduate degree in nursing or a related field; or the knowledge and skills associated with an advanced degree; or a written plan to obtain these qualifications. A related field may include healthcare administration or business administration.
- Current unencumbered license to practice by the State Board of Nursing
- CPR Certification and Crisis Prevention Training (CPI) within 30 days of employment and prior to any patient contact
Preferred Experience:
- Previous experience in a psychiatric health care facility, with direct experience working with chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, psychiatric and geriatric patients preferred. Experience in patient assessments, family motivations, treatment planning and communication with external review organizations or comparable entities. Prior leadership experience strongly preferred.
Salary : $100,000 - $150,000
